Garment-fastener.



No. 676,810. Patented lune'l8, 190i.

N. J. YOUNG.

GARMENT FASTENER.

(Application filed Aug. 23, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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NELLIE J. YOUNG, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,810, dated June 18,1901. Application filed August 2 3, 1900. Serial No. 27,771. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, NELLIE J YOUNG, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county,Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garment-fasteners, designed forfastening or securing one garment to another or for fastoning togetherthe meeting or overlapping edges of a single garment.

One object of the invention is to provide a garment-fastener applicablefor use on various garments, such as shirt and corset waists ordress-skirts, and especiallyadapted for fastening dress-shields inplace.

A further object is to provide a fastener which will not chafe or Wearthe garment or garments to which it is attached.

A further object is to provide a fastener in which the members whenunited will be held snugly together and prevented from sliding on eachother from side to side and from becoming accidentally separated.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Figures 1 and 2 are perspectives of the two members of the fastenerembodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the membersinverted. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the members connected. Fig. 5is a sectional view showing the members of the fastener attached to agarment and united. Fig. 6 is a similar view on a line at right anglesto the sectionline of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section of awaist, showing themethod of fastening a dressshield in place with my improved fastener.Fig. Sis a sectional view on the line 00 no of Fig. 7.

In the drawings, 2 represents a disk, plate, or button forming onemember of the fastener and considerably enlarged to more clearlyillustrate the construction of the device. The plate is provided with aseries of points or prongs 3, adapted to pierce the material of whichthe garment is composed and be clenched therein to secure the plate inpositiou. Any other suitable means may be provided for securing saidplate, such as forming a series of holes in the edges of the same andsewing it to the garment. Near the center of said plate I provide ashort-necked stud 4, surmounted by a head 5, having a curved or crowningtop 6, whereby said head gradually increases in depth or thickness fromits ends toward the center, for the purpose hereinafter described. Theother member of the fastener consists of a correspondingly shaped plate,disk, or button 7, also enlarged and provided with the flexiblefastening prongs or points similar to those already described. The plate7 has a slot 8 near its cen- ,ter corresponding in shape to the head 5and adapted to receive the same when the members of the fastener arebrought together. On the under side of said plate 7 I provide a curvedor arched shield or guard 9, that is struck up, preferably, out of themetal of which the plate 7 is composed when the slot 8 is formed; butsaid shield may be formed separately and soldered or otherwise securedover the slot, if preferred.

When the shield or guard is formed or punched out of the plate 7, spacesare provided upon each side between it and the edges of the slot toreceive the wedge-shaped ends of the head 5, so that when the head isinserted into the slot and turned a quarter of a revolution its endswill enter the spaces between said shield and the edges of the slot andbe wedged therein and prevent the members from sliding on each otherwhen in use or from becoming accidentally separated. The center orthickest portion of the head will be under the middle portion of thearched guard or shield, which will prevent the head from wearing orchafing that portion of the garment to which the slotted member of thefastener is secured, and, owing to the arched or curved form of theshield, the head will be prevented from sliding lengthwise in the slotand will remain near the center of the same when the device is in use.

To connect the members of the fastener, one of them is twisted orrotated sufficiently to allow the headed shank or stud to enter theslot, and upon releasing the member or returning it to its normalposition the head will occupy a transverse position with respect to theslot and shield, and the members will be locked securely together.

The device may be stamped from sheet metal and made of any suitablesize. It may be used to fasten the meeting or overlapping edges ofshirt-waists or other garments, and it is particularly adapted forfastening dressshields in place, as it permits the wearer to easily andquickly secure them in a garment and as readily remove them whenever itis desired to transfer them to another garment.

The plates or buttons may be made round or polygonal, as preferred, andother means than I have shown may be employed for securing the membersto a garment or garments, and in various ways the details of thefastener may be modified without departing from my invention.

Vhile my improved fastener is especially adapted for use on garments ofvarious kinds, it will be understood that it is equally applicable toother articles where a fastener that is simple in construction andeasily and quickly operated can be conveniently used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture, agarment-fastener, comprising two plates or members and means forsecuring them to a gar ment, one plate being provided witha shank 0rstud having an elongated head thereon, the other having a slot toreceive said head when the plates are placed together, and a shield orguard pressed or punched out of said last-named plate by the formationof said slot therein, said guard permitting the insertion of said headinto said slot and the rotation of its shank therein, but preventing.said head from chafing the garment to which said slotted plate isattached, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a garment-fastener, comprising twoplates or members having suitable means for securing them to theoverlapping or meeting edges of a garment or garments, one of saidplates being provided with a short shank or stud having an elongatedhead, said head being provided with a curved or crowning surface, theother plate being provided with a slot adapted to receive said head andstud when the plates are placed together, and an arched or curved guardprovided lengthwise over said slot and engaging the middle portion ofsaid head when turned transversely to said slot, whereby said head willbe normally held in the middle of said slot and sliding of said plateson each other prevented, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a garment-fastener, comprisingtwoplates or members provided with suitable means for securing them to themeeting or overlapping edges of a garment or garments, a shank or studprovided on one of said plates, an elongated head thereon having acurved or crowning upper surface, and its ends wedge-shaped in form, theother plate or member being provided with a slot adapted to receive saidhead and shank when the plates are placed together, an arched or curvedguard or shield provided lengthwise over said slot, whereby when saidhead is inserted through said slot and turned transversely to the sameits middle portion will be enlarged by the arch of said guard and itsends will be wedged between said guard and the edges of said slot andsliding of the plates or accidental separation of the same prevented,substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of August,1900.

NELLIE J. YOUNG.

In presence of MARY L. SMITH, J. E. MADDEN.

